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Remove legacy "%global preferred over %define" guideline #1541

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gotmax23 commented 2026-05-18 17:49:22 +00:00
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There is no strong reason to universally recommend %global over %define,
and RPM upstream has good documentation in rpm-macros(7) explaining the
difference.
See #1449 and
#1454 for
more discussion.

Closes: #1449

There is no strong reason to universally recommend %global over %define, and RPM upstream has good documentation in rpm-macros(7) explaining the difference. See https://forge.fedoraproject.org/packaging/guidelines/issues/1449 and https://forge.fedoraproject.org/packaging/guidelines/pulls/1454 for more discussion. Closes: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/packaging/guidelines/issues/1449
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There is no strong reason to universally recommend %global over %define,
and RPM upstream has good documentation in rpm-macros(7) explaining the
difference.
See #1449 and
#1454 for
more discussion.

Closes: #1449
gotmax23 commented 2026-05-18 17:50:04 +00:00
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+1 from me for the record

+1 from me for the record
churchyard commented 2026-05-18 18:12:42 +00:00
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james merged commit 1ecece9cb6 into main 2026-05-28 16:35:54 +00:00
carlwgeorge commented 2026-05-28 16:39:37 +00:00
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